February #dailyatc2026 Part I

I have completed next part of this year's challenge to myself - a daily ATC, following the prompts over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art and using Clarity stamps, stencils and stickers.  Here are my offerings for the first half of February.

Youngest Child

Bamboo

Crazy Critter

Lips

This was the first time I had to use a non Clarity item - the lips are by Visible Image - everything else is Clarity.

Delicious

Dangle

Vinyl

Raven

Carousel

Grounded

For this one I used one of the stamps from Timestamp Creations (made by Clarity).

Beast

Cedar

Dragonfly landing

Bliss

February PTC: (Fur) Baby

The prompt for the February PTC swap over on Clarity Mini Makes and ATCs is Baby. I have very few Groovi plates with a baby theme so decided to base my PTC around the word baby but use animal images instead.

Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles on Kraft

For my final sample using the Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles Sampler stamps I went with a simple colour palette on kraft card and created a set of notelets.

Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles DL Card

The Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles A4 sampler set has stamps for all occasions.  Here I used two of the stamps to create a Good Luck DL card.

WOYWW 871/91: Upping the Rows

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch. 

Sorry to hear that Neet has been back in hospital.  Wishing her well and that she is back home again soon.

My desk shows some of the stamps that Barbara Gray is bringing to Hobby Maker TV today.  I have really enjoyed playing with them and ordered the remaining Elements sets as soon as they became available.

I have just moved up from 4 rows to 6 rows a day, so my jumper is really starting to come on.  Nearly finished the increasing.

Lips

This was the first time I had to use a non Clarity item - the lips are by Visible Image - everything else is Clarity.

Delicious

Dangle

Vinyl

Raven

Carousel

Grounded

For this one I used one of the stamps from Timestamp Creations (made by Clarity).

I had a great afternoon rehearsing with the u3a recorders in Lichfield yesterday.  We were also sorting the logistics of going up to York for the day to play at the u3a national festival at the beginning of July.  I have the monthly SRP (Society of Recorder Players) meeting on Saturday too - so a most musical week.  Just had my new allocation for sample making too so plenty of crafting to be done.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.  I will be doing the rounds on Friday as usual.

Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles Sampler Thank You Card

For my first sample using the A4 sampler of the Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles stamps from Clarity Crafts, I worked on a background that I had created at the 2025 summer retreats.  This dictated the colours that I chose.

Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles Elements 3 Ideas

The new Floral Swirls and Rosie Doodles Elements stamp sets come with idea swatches for putting the elements together.  I followed the ideas for set #3 to create this set of cards.

February ATC - Baby

The prompt for the Clarity Mini Makes and ATCs swap for February is Baby, and I once again decided to use some of my alcohol ink backgrounds made with a gel press in a workshop with Barbara Gray.

February Journal Page

 For my February Journal page in my Clarity Crafts Journal, I started with a background that my sister-in-law had created on watercolour card with watercolours and salt.  This is the final result.

Love: An Art Journal Page

The current prompt over on Try It On Tuesday is 'All Loved Up'. I thought this art journal page fitted the bill. 

Rainbow Folk Art

For my final sample with the new Folk Art stamps from Clarity Crafts, I went with my favourite rainbow colours - this time using Archival inks - and used a selection of them on a small card (5" x 5").

WOYWW 870/90: Back Knitting

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch. 

Sorry to hear that Neet is back in hospital.  Wishing her well and that she is back home again soon.

My desk shows some of the new stamps that arrived on Monday from Clarity (by Timestamp Creations).  I spent yesterday afternoon putting them away after my samples were posted off and will have a play tomorrow before Anglo-German club - I am planning a PJ/TV catch up day today.

As you can see there has been a small amount of progress with my knitting.  I have been sticking to two rows a day over the last week in case the pain came back and from tomorrow I will up it to 4 rows a day.

Farmer's Market

Hunger

Creepy Crawly

Perfection

Youngest Child

Bamboo

Crazy Critter

As you can see, I have changed the colour palette for the backgrounds on my #dailyatc2026 with the start of February.  I can't believe we are already over a month into 2026.

I will be round to visit on Friday as always.  Until then, stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Folk Art Circle Scene

For this sample using the new Folk Art stamps from Clarity Crafts I used one of the larger Round Road Masks for the background to create a scene.

#dailyatc2026: First Month Complete

 I have completed my first month of this year's challenge to myself - a daily ATC, following the prompts over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art and using Clarity stamps, stencils and stickers.  Here are my offerings for the second half of January.

Lightening Strike

Kite Flying

Piece of Clothing

City

Middle Child

Anchor

How much I love you

Childish Dream

Magic

That one time

Raindrop

Farmers' Market

Hunger

Creepy Crawly

Perfection

I prepared all the backgrounds for February using alcohol ink on a gel plate (Salmon, Pink Sherbet, Shell Pink).